Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-18
Beaver Creek,


Snow is disappearing.
What does Squire Southwick make SO
many trips to Omio for?
Feed is scarce but cattle are now get
ting their feed on the prairie.
r The Nlmrods have made it lively for
deer, antelope and jackrabbits this winter.
Mining hay-stacks and wood piles has
been the principal work among tho Beav-
critics this winter.
Zfhere was quite a lively lawsuit in
Winchester u few days ago. G. III. Bum
stead was attorney for both sides. Just
like him.
ss~Mr. G. Hlgbee had the misfortune to
lose good mare few days ago. This
is the second horse lost by Mr.. H. this
winter.
t>Mr. S. Cronk andA. L. Reynolds have
gone to the Capital on legal business.
Mr.. G. went by stage and Mr.. A. l.. r.
by Adams express.
Constable McLaney has bought Charles
Barrs wheat on the Barbour ranch. He
has set up his Armstrong thrashlng ma
chine, and now he is going to "show the
grit of his daddy"
Charley Cronk is working for Mr.. s..
A. Faulkner, the Emmonsburg merchant.
Charley IS getting to be quite an inter.
prefer. EVERYTHING is "Washta one ich
nlcht fur stay, yah, yah
arMr. Al. Morrison. proprietor of the
Emmonsburg Winchester Omlo mail and
express line, has missed but one trip this
winter. He has carried on quite freight
business in the way of grub for settlers
along the route. JALAP.
Winchester.
Correspondence of the RECORD.
Who Is Jay -Eye-See?
Why don't some enterprising lawyer
hang out his shlngle in our city2
There will be larger acreage of grain
sown this spring in this vicinity than
ever before.
" Prime hay Is quoted at $40 per ton on
| our market, with a good demand infe-
rior grades at $2.50@5.00.
Mr.. F. Horan is making preparations
for extensive Improvements on his home
stead. More signs of matrimony.
Miss Ella Brown, of the up-Beave1
country, is seriously i'll. 1t is to be hoped
that she may seon recover her usual
| health.
G. H. Bumstead is good feeder, which
the RECORD man no doubt knows. Bu1
why did he leave Glencoe recently with.
out his breakfast2
| Our new Justice takes remarkably wei
10 his occupation and is rushing business
He smiles blAndly when you address him
as Judge.
The indications are that the "Cottag.
on the Beaver" will soon have new cool
at the helm of the ship. That is right
boys; never too young to take wife.
Spring is surely here, for our indus
trious blacksmith can now be seen wend
ing his way to the shop each morning
where plentiful supply of work keep
him for the day.
y Messrs. Bumstead, Wilson, Herhol
and Wilson returned from the Capita
City, Monday evening, with the larges
loads drawn into Winchester this season
and report the roads good.
Messrs. Samuel Duke Cummings an
Charles Henry Bumstead visited TIL
Egypt of Emmons County IN search 0
seed, and were fortunate IN procuring
plentiful supply for their uses.
| take the liberty of writing on bot
sides of the paper, as that article
"skase" and high. LYou are right. A
a lady once told publisher "When yo
print only on one side of your old pape
I'll write my correspondence only on on
side. Ed.
!. No one has occasion to take exception
to the way stock can be handled with
moderate amount Of food and good she
ter in our long winters. The cattle i
thiseicinity have como through remark
ably we'll, and so far no losses have bee
. reported except from accident. JURAT.